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Patented July 21 HHSHBBWBHHHH N. PETERS, Phdla-Lkhoguphsr, Waihinginn, D. C.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. LITTLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SEWING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,547, dated July 21, 1885.

Application filed August 27,1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. LITTLE, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Sewing-Ohairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in the construction and arrangement of various parts of the chair, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure I is a side elevation of the improved chair. Fig. II is a back view of the same. Fig. III is a plan of the invention. Fig. IV is a front view of the chair. Figs. V, VI, VII, and VIII are views of parts of the chair, the last three being enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A and B are respectively the seat and the back, and O and Dthe front and back legs, of the chair, which is here shown as arocker. The seat and the back are suitably upholstered, and they are braced together by the arms (I.

E E are semicircular swinging drawers or boxes. located in the side pieces, I), of the seat A. These drawers are held to the side pieces, I), by means of pivotal rods 0, and they may be turned out to give access to the contents,

as shown in full lines in Fig.'III, or carried under the seat, as shown by their dotted delineation in the same figure.

Fig. V is a section of one of the boxes E, which are preferably lined with plush or velvet, the upper edge of which is confined by means of a strip, d. p

The rear side of the back of the chair has rabbeted strips 6, between which a lap-board, F, is slid when not in use. By reference to Fig. VIII it will be seen that the lap-board rests upon pieces of rubber f, to prevent the bruising of the lower edge of the board when the same is allowed to fall or is forced to its place. The arms a are provided with cavities gfor the drawers G. These drawers have pins h for spools z, and their faces kare perforated for the thread or cotton, as shown in Figs. I and VII. The drawers G are held in place by a thumb-screw, Z, (shown only in Fig. I, and the swinging drawers E have aspringcatch (not shown) for the same purpose.

I am aware of the constructions disclosed by Patents No. 268,800, granted December 12, 1882, to one Johnston, and No. 210,487 granted December 3, 1878, to one Bovey, and I do not claim, broadly, any features set forth in said patents.

My invention will be distinguished from either of the above-referred-to constructions, in that by centrally pivoting the straight side of each drawer a slight pressure is only necessary on the drawer-face to cause said drawer to swing outward in position for access to the contents.

I claim as my invention The combination, in a sewing-chair, of the frame, side pieces, 1;, of the body having openings-therein, combined with the boxes having a straight side and a semicircular side, each box having a vertical pivot passing centrally through said straight side and bearing centrally in the upper and lower edges of the opening, so as to present, when closed, a plain or flush surface, and upon an inward pressure being applied to said straight side at either side ofthe pivot thereof to throw the curved side and receptacle out in a projected position, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES G. LITTLE. 

